Bill M - Takes a look at the new Blues Junior 3

[Fretz]

Hey Guys

Here Bill Machrone (from Bill M mods fame) takes a look at the "improvements" Fender have made to the Blues Junior with the release of the Blues Junior 3

http://billmaudio.com/wp/?page_id=709

[duhvoodooman]

Yup, I read that with great interest when he first posted it a little over a month ago. Other than cosmetics and some other tweaks that don't affect tone, the two significant changes are (1) jumpering or removal of a couple of capacitors that produces more high end (a.k.a. "sparkle") and (2) a new speaker. Sounds like this latter is an improvement, but I would have my doubts about adding more brightness to the Blues Junior, which has always seemed plenty bright to me. Might be helpful with a dark sounding guitar, but NONE of my guitars, including the humbucker-equipped ones, need any more treble than my BJr already provides. I've never come close to maxing out its treble control, and I don't even run the tone pots on my guitars all the way up. YMMV....